# Shapr3d for Pinball Design?

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-for-pinball-design/15578>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-for-pinball-design/15578 "2021-10-28T10:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![TFP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@TFP](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TFP)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-for-pinball-design/15578/1 "2021-10-28T10:07:18Z")

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Greetings!

TOTAL noob here, bear with me 😉

I have a couple of questions regarding Shapr3d

1. Usually pinball playfield designs are done in Solidworks, would i be able to do the same in shap3d ?

2. This is a homebrew/hobby project for now. What version of Shapr3d would i need ? A friend of mine sent me a “.SLDPRT” file but no luck importing it. Could he try to export in another format ?

3. What version is the most fun learning ? (Ipad,Mac or ??)

Thank you!

//Tormod

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**Author:** ![TigerMike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/tigermike/32/32650_2.png) [@TigerMike](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TigerMike)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-for-pinball-design/15578/2 "2021-10-28T16:04:41Z")

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Have your friend resend you the Solidworks part in STEP format. You should be able to import it now.  
Personally, I find the iPad w/Pencil quite fluid to use.

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**Author:** ![Istvan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/istvan/32/23668_2.png) [@Istvan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Istvan)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-for-pinball-design/15578/3 "2021-10-28T20:41:22Z")

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As @TigerMike says, or even better: use the X\_T (Parasolid) format. It leads to higher quality data exchange.

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**Author:** ![TFP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c77e96/32.png) [@TFP](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TFP)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-for-pinball-design/15578/4 "2021-11-01T10:35:19Z")

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Thank you!

Can i open parasolid and step format on standard version for mac ?. I haven’t decided yet what cad software i should invest in. The demo version won’t let me open it.

//Tormod